1/87 Scale 4 of a Kind WIP

[Mini Me]

Here are the first four victims to my mutilations of some 1990's vintage Roskopf 1930 Mercedes Benz L2 commercial panel deliveries. They will be representative of "retired" Reichswehr Ambulances that have been pressed into Wehrmacht service as a result of wartime vehicle shortages. I have already started the conversions but have left the vehicles disassembled for the sake of starting this thread..... then give you a catch up on what has already been accomplished as we go along. Here goes......

 

[Mini Me]

Located and drilled .020 dia. holes for wipers....drilled out headlight buckets for headlight lens assemblies. Located and installed number plate boards.

 

[Mini Me]

In this next installment, I have modified and extended the exhaust system using .030 dia. evergreen styrene rod with the tailpipe end drilled out .020 to give a more realistic appearance. In the next photo the rear step was made up using HO scale perforated freight car roof walk material left over from my Model Railroad days and .010X.020 evergreen strip styrene with 45 deg. chamfer at the top. and of course the rear number board was located and installed.
Rick H.

 

[Mini Me]

Here's what they look like with the body shell back in place......gives a better idea of how the modifications effect the model overall. Rick H.

 

[adt70hk]

Rick

Looking very nice so far. I have the usual high expectations of what you can do of these.

ATB

Andrew

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Andrew, I hope not to disappoint. Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Rick. Nice start and brilliant scratchy

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Lee, hope you are on the mend........glad you stopped by. Rick H.

 

[Mini Me]

OK.....so here is a little more........got a brain storm since my last post! As the lid is easily removed from these little trucks, I thought it might be fun to do a little interior detail work. made a couple of stretcher racks and found some stretchers in the stash.....also filled in the back of the cab seat to create a bulkhead between the cab and crew compartment. finally I scratched out a crew seat for the stretcher bearers/ Medical personnel to sit on while in transport. I am only doing one vehicle like this, the other three will have the lids glued down........getting close to paint. Rick H.

 

[JR]

That internal Rick is awesome, full of admiration for you working in that scale. Those stretcher handles are suberb.

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks JR. Not as good as your cobble stone and brick work I'm afraid.....the results are stunning. Rick H.

 

[Mini Me]

Here's a random sample of what the "Fearsome Foursome" will look like with paint on them......looks like some miscreant has "knicked" the hood ornament on the vehicle to the right......price you pay for having an up market car I suppose. Rick H.

 

[scottie3158]

Rick,
Lovely work mate.

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Scottie.....still working on the other two, one of which has the exposed interior....much detail painting involved so will be a while before I can post it up. Thanks again for dropping in. Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Rick. Those are great looking nice touch to have a open interior very classy

 

[Jim R]

Hi Rick
Hats off to you. You certainly have a flair for this conversion stuff.
Jim

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Lee, I've been struggling with the cab interior dash and I don't know if it's gonna come out the way I envisioned it......time will tell.
Rick H.

 

[Mini Me]

Thank you Jim, sometimes I wish I could just build a model right out of the box, but there is so little available in 1/87 scale, I have to be very inventive and be willing to cut things up to get what I need.......I love a challenge and I like to be inventive so I guess I'm in the right place. Glad you dropped in Sir.
Rick H.

 

[boatman]

NICE WORK Rick these are some nice little vechicles
chris

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Chris......currently working on the fender Pennants each vehicle gets one on the driver's side front (wing?) anyway they are miniscule........the pennant itself is 3.18mm X 3.97mm and its mast is .65mm dia. and 6.9mm long. once the glue has set they will be painted white and the tiniest Red Cross decal I've ever seen gets applied to both sides.........wish me luck......patience would be better......wait maybe I should have a Beer as 570 suggested, I'm going to need a steady hand.

Rick H.